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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑   m. \7 Q# t! _

  D1 U! N; k. B7 o9 D* D* }Michael和李华已经从华盛顿返回纽约。今天是星期六,他们一起到纽约的 Meadowlands去看冰球。Michael和李华这两个大学生,一个讲英文,一个讲中文,旁边的人听起来很奇怪,可是他们自己已经习惯了这种方式。今天他们在谈话中会用两个常用语:keep cool和screw up。4 m1 f* J; i) Q; \6 F2 \

, g/ p5 t, ?2 y0 u2 \! mL:Michael,谢谢你带我到Meadowlands来看冰球,Meadowlands可是有名的地方呐!而且我从来还没有看过冰球呢!) I0 Z/ u9 ^: t: x& D
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(Starting buzzer)
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. ~. D4 k. ^2 m( [& J3 k/ WM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。- O$ J' K1 J. l
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.! O& H3 O9 V4 k6 q: ]0 _: O

% Y. F- Y' \) {& ?, VL:是啊,他们已经开始推推攘攘,真的打起来了。人们都说冰球比赛有时会很粗暴,但是才开始五分钟就打架,这可是不多见。+ a1 F" j" T) x$ v0 i* l

9 i, H. S$ t0 K& k0 K' P: V1 S" nM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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- j/ r* U# t( f* o( S& K. xL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?7 a* j$ M! I5 o8 Q1 J  d& G

$ H; Z1 i  _/ X4 r2 ], oM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.
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9 Z$ V7 r$ T0 H0 t/ K. iL: 噢,keep cool就是要冷静一点, 你是说这些球员不要火气那么大,需要保持冷静。对,他们要是老打架,最好的球员就会被禁止打球的。
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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?# k( j. p8 M( I8 d8 \  R( p

/ R( y" f9 J/ ]2 \+ n3 D* U9 gL:我才不会忘记上星期的事呐。那个教授给我期中考试打那么低的分数,我当然要跟他争嘛。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.8 W6 ~( h2 B# \- ?' _
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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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& P* K: }5 I/ [# u0 ZL:你说他们打得不好呀?说实话,我根本看不懂。我只知道当地的球队输了三分,这就输了很多啦!
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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7 F' ~2 g% K. e- o: u3 cL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?  i2 O4 x3 x0 z% e% K+ ~- H# ?/ x

# k( t- G: r- q, |5 iM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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! v! O3 g) \4 gM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?0 s9 X# U% v; M
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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.
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* B5 K5 f* ?% H3 [6 y! ~, B4 wL:噢,你考试老考糟也能用screw up来表示呀!这么说,"screw up" 可以用的范围很广。 要是说一个人工作没有做好呢?
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3 k4 g& `" H+ }, w3 FM:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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; u& }+ |; y' X& z2 XM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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L:原来是因为老跟别人搞不好关系,所以你就不交女朋友了。 Michael,你也别跟自己太过不去了。
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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L:我们都犯错误的,谁能不犯错误啊!我来给你介绍个女朋友吧!
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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L:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。
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7 Y; ~: l% ]; b! r# R% {李华今天从Michael那儿学到了两个常用语,一个是:keep cool,意思是:冷静一些,别太激动;另一个常用语是:screw up, 意思是把事情弄糟了。今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次再会。
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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
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